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(...) Thank you Eric, Mladen, Larry and Mark, I have decided to take the plunge. Since I am a newbie (but I have read the (URL) Mech Grammar> lesson provided on the Mech Home Page) but still do not have a clear understanding of the differences (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Mladen, Thanks for the advice and I would like to take you up on the offer to browse your LDraw works? Do you have a link that you could supply me? After looking at the Beesch and now Mark's newest creation, I think it will be best to start at (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Larry, Do you have any personal recommendations (with links) of masterbuilders both of Mech and LEGO in general that you would share? Brian (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Mark, thanks for the post since I have been the one that has been asking. I'm not sure if I should smile or cry ... it's so beautiful. I caught my first glimpse of it this morning on Brickshelf! Seeing the inner-workings on a project like this (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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You are so the man! Look at that. It is the formula. e (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Adrian, Fun, stylish, and sophisticated. Awesome execution and just the right amount of detailing (what you chose and that which is allowed by vignettes). The first image made me think of the Simpsons episode where Homer moves to the utopian (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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I thought I'd share this as I've seen some postings asking about this very sort of building. One of my mechs, Hammer, fell and had a boo boo. Atomized would be the word. So anway I'm taking it all in stride and building a new mech. I'm gonna call (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Unbelievable, I had been mulling over the idea of doing a "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" vignette this very weekend! And then to top it all off you do a whole series! Wonderful stuff. (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Quite the remake of the Gomgile. I'll admit right off that I know near-to-jack about mecha, but I can say the posture of the mech is much improved. B looks eternally ready to pounce. I want to see this in real life, your mechas have so much (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Clone bricks? (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build)
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Inspired by the game (URL) Evil Genius>, I decided to build some Vignettes based on the killing, hurting and maiming of those pesky Super-Agents. Some of the vignettes are from the game, and some are not. Enjoy! (URL) Click the image, silly (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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The HEMTT is beautiful, but the color is throwing me off. I have never seen drab olive (military green) color LEGO bricks. What's the secret? "Ed Andrews" <andrews@no.span.maxiis.com> wrote in message news:IA016D.15z5@lugnet.com... (...) on in a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This is what I have been doing in documenting the complete redesign of my minifig scale space shuttle orbiter. (URL) the casual observer, the new orbiter isn't remarkably different from the old one, since they are basically built to the same (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I second Larry's advice. I personally studied the LDraw files of past builders such as (URL) Karim Nassar>, (URL) Ben Vaughan> (site is down), and (URL) Jeremy Sproat> (site is down). The MOCs these guys made were so critical to my (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) And don't be afraid to ask quesions either. Most of us don't hold onto our trade secrets too closely. Mark Neumann (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'm not Eric but this question can be asked in any theme, do you start by copying the idioms of the best builders in the theme (be it trains, castle, spaceships, mecha, whatever) or start by trying to develop your own? My advice, however (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Eric, I appreciate your responses. (...) Amazing! (...) So I guess the question and decision I am left with is: Do I create my own joints from scratch or do I ask for examples and start from where others have left off? What would you (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I forgot to make one very important remark: Not everybody uses the same RGB colour values: this may lead to entirely different results, even if the same algorythm was used. Sometimes it seems better to alter the RGB values slightly. I thought of (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Both thank you and sorry about that. Sometimes we have difficulty playing together in the sand box. (...) I might rabbit, I might. (...) Please do, this makes it fun. (...) Yes. (...) Each joint is controlled and held in place by use of worm (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Scott, thank you. You do make good points. I appreciate your words. If you place your cursor over the picture links, I embedded construction highlights within the thumb links. That is all I wanted to add. I felt the Mecha exhibited only a handful of (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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